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Month: April 2012
Squee-Files: Galactic Suburbia nominated for a Hugo!
Congratulations to the fine women of Galactic Suburbia! Here’s how Alisa, Alex and Tansy open the summary of their latest podcast in response:
Bob Brown retires; Christine Milne now Greens leader
BOB Brown has resigned as leader of the Australian Greens and will quit the Senate, with his former deputy Christine Milne unanimously endorsed by colleagues as Senator Brown’s successor. The Greens’ sole lower house representative, Melbourne MP Adam Bandt, was later elected Senator Milne’s deputy.
This week in Bizarre-Barf
Glenn Beck has a shiny new toy. He has had a 20 year old movie set of the Oval Office refurbished so that he can use it for a special weekly broadcast to the nation.
False media narratives: why don’t we talk about “white on white” crime?
White Americans are just as likely to be killed by other whites as Black Americans are likely to be killed by other blacks. In fact, all races in the USA share similar ratios. As the largest racial group, whites commit the majority of crimes in America. In particular, whites are responsible for the vast majority of violent crimes.
A future for investigative journalism?
Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by the Map of the Dead – Zombie Survival Map. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
BFTP: This is what we use it for
The SF authors of the past might well have been surprised by the essential triviality of the way most of us use this amazing worldwide communication system we enjoy, but should they have been?
The 47th Down Under Feminists Carnival is here
The March edition has been curated by Ariane aka shonias at Ariane’s Little World.
Read! Enjoy! Leave comments on all the different blogs!
Farewell to Larvatus Prodeo
Australia’s big purple poliblog will no longer be publishing new posts. The archives will remain, and that goodbye post is filling up with nostalgic comments.
Hoyden About Town 